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The Hunt for the Lost Communist Console

fern | July 7, 2026



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Many thanks to our expert Daniel Budimann for the great collaboration, and to René Meyer and Dr. Shaoyu Yuan for their valuable insights.

This is our search for the only video game console ever produced in the former communist state of East Germany, one of the rarest consoles in the world.

Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VgFNoQOHj62n-4IYSDViUQeTEm38yY4uHIcYAk6ecRI/edit?usp=sharing

Music list:

Epidemic Sound:
Racing Hearts – Mattie Maguire
PW – Feel Good (Instrumental Version)
Exactly Who – Raymond Grouse
Crossing That Bridge – Brendon Moeller
One Step Away – Dian Shuai
Labyrinth – Lennon Hutton
Danger Ahead – Etienne Roussel
Deep Space Samurai – Forever Sunset
Lighthouse Drawings – Broad Sky
Cold War Games – Gabriel Lewis
Night Views – The Big Let Down
Forever in Love With a Ghost – par
Hysteria – Anna Dager
Expanding – Elliptik
Chrome Dreams – Ben Elson
Ey-Oh – FLYIN
Glacier – Anna Dager
Exit Fade – DEX 1200
Unimerse – Push N’ Glide
Across the Sky – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen

Artlist:
Heron Vale – Astral Genesis
Damon Power – Cosmic Pulse
Bunker Buster – Space Sauce
Kashido – Swan Lake Theme
O Mer – A Clockwork Door Hinge

Lens Distortions:
Against all Odds

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Written by fern

Comments

This post currently has 22 comments.

  1. @mithunnair8587

    July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am

    After Fern got bought by Private Equity, they stopped talking about controversial topics like Peter Thiel and the Murdochs and switched to just mostly talking about drugs. You can see the change from this year's start.

  2. @ravenvalentine4919

    July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am

    china and the CCP will forever me hated by anyone with morals and a brain

    but i will play the video games because i love the people who forget the history and culture that made them great ( the Chinese people ), forgotten under the communist dictatorship of Mao

    those games remind them of who they are as they remind us of the same

  3. @alexandrab3310

    July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am

    15:50 Hoyoverse, previously Mihoyo, has some HUGE games in Asia and the US. “Honkai Impact 3rd” and “Genshin Impact” are what got them so big. they originated in Shanghai i believe, but have moved to Singapore. i read something about it possibly being bc of the Chinese government censorship

  4. @Seriously...y

    July 7, 2026 at 3:11 am

    17:25 Because too many people want to try whatever shining object dangled in front of them regardless of where it's coming from and too many companies will do anything for money. Chinese people are not evil, but the Chinese government and its values are.

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